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Ring name(s) Samoan Joe[1]
Samoa Joe
King Joe
Joe Seanoa
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Weight 280 lb (127 kg)[3]
Billed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Billed weight 290 lb (132 kg)[2]
Born March 17, 1979 (1979-03-17) (age 28)[3]
Orange County, California[4]
Resides Huntington Beach, California
Billed from American Samoa
Huntington Beach, California
Los Angeles, California[2]
Trained by Cincinnati Red
Johnny Hemp
John Delayo
Debut September 1999
Finishing moves
The Choke (ROH) / Coquina Clutch / The Clutch (TNA) (Rear naked choke)
Muscle Buster
Avalanche Muscle Buster
Millennium Suplex / Coquina-Plex (Rear naked choke suplex)
Island Driver (Sitout side powerslam or side reverse piledriver)
Avalanche Island Driver (Second rope sitout side powerslam)
Chimera-Plex (German suplex followed by a Dragon suplex and finished with an X-plex) - ROH
Signature moves
C.C.S. Enzuigiri (Jumping enzuigiri)
S.T.Joe (STO) (Standing one arm side slam, as a counter to a running attack most often in the corner)
Olé Kick (Running arched big boot to the face of an opponent seated on a chair next to a guardrail)
Samoan Elbow (Feint leg drop to elbow drop)
Facewash
Forearm suicida
Lariat
Spinning samoan drop
Stiff kicks
Backhand chop to the back of a sitting opponent, followed by a football kick to the chest knocking the opponent down, then bouncing off the ropes and landing on the opponent with a running knee drop
Inverted atomic drop, then bounces off ropes and leaps up to hit a single leg running front dropkick to down the opponent, followed by performing a running senton on the downed opponent
Powerbomb with prawn hold pin, using the opponent's kickout to turn over into a Thigh Hold Boston Crab, then twisting into an STF, then often converted to a crossface hold
Repeated open hand slaps and palm strikes to the face of an opponent followed by continuous knee lifts
Snap scoop powerslam, often into a pin, sometimes using the opponent's kickout to turn it into a crucifix armbar
Samoa Joe
King Joe
Joe Seanoa
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Weight 280 lb (127 kg)[3]
Billed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Billed weight 290 lb (132 kg)[2]
Born March 17, 1979 (1979-03-17) (age 28)[3]
Orange County, California[4]
Resides Huntington Beach, California
Billed from American Samoa
Huntington Beach, California
Los Angeles, California[2]
Trained by Cincinnati Red
Johnny Hemp
John Delayo
Debut September 1999
Finishing moves
The Choke (ROH) / Coquina Clutch / The Clutch (TNA) (Rear naked choke)
Muscle Buster
Avalanche Muscle Buster
Millennium Suplex / Coquina-Plex (Rear naked choke suplex)
Island Driver (Sitout side powerslam or side reverse piledriver)
Avalanche Island Driver (Second rope sitout side powerslam)
Chimera-Plex (German suplex followed by a Dragon suplex and finished with an X-plex) - ROH
Signature moves
C.C.S. Enzuigiri (Jumping enzuigiri)
S.T.Joe (STO) (Standing one arm side slam, as a counter to a running attack most often in the corner)
Olé Kick (Running arched big boot to the face of an opponent seated on a chair next to a guardrail)
Samoan Elbow (Feint leg drop to elbow drop)
Facewash
Forearm suicida
Lariat
Spinning samoan drop
Stiff kicks
Backhand chop to the back of a sitting opponent, followed by a football kick to the chest knocking the opponent down, then bouncing off the ropes and landing on the opponent with a running knee drop
Inverted atomic drop, then bounces off ropes and leaps up to hit a single leg running front dropkick to down the opponent, followed by performing a running senton on the downed opponent
Powerbomb with prawn hold pin, using the opponent's kickout to turn over into a Thigh Hold Boston Crab, then twisting into an STF, then often converted to a crossface hold
Repeated open hand slaps and palm strikes to the face of an opponent followed by continuous knee lifts
Snap scoop powerslam, often into a pin, sometimes using the opponent's kickout to turn it into a crucifix armbar
